Mystery of the Indy Care Package Solved!

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University of Chicago reveals the identity of the unknown sender.

By Max Nicholson

A mystery of Indiana Jones proportions hit the internet last week, as the University of Chicago was sent an awesome care package filled with all sorts of homemade Indy memorabilia addressed to one Henry Walton Jones, Jr. The problem? No one at the admissions office had any idea where it came from.

However, Movies.com reports that the conundrum has now been solved! As it turns out, the package was created by an amateur prop maker known as "Ravenbar," aka Paul. The item had recently been sold on eBay and was in transit to its purchaser -- that is until the fake package fell out of its genuine envelope. From there, the parcel went on its merry way to U of C, the school at which Dr. Jones studied.

"According to Paul, this package was en route from him in Guam to his intended recipient IN ITALY (registered mail confirmation attached) when it must have fallen out of the package in Hawaii. Our address had originally been put on the manila wrapping of the journal just for cosmetic effect. We believe that the post office wrote on our Zip code on the outside of the package and, believing the Egyptian postage was real, sent it our way. From Guam to Hawaii en route to Italy with a stopover in Chicago: truly an adventure befitting Indiana Jones."

So what happened to the package? As Indy himself would say, "It belongs in a museum!" Well, not to worry. Fans will be happy to know that Paul is letting the school keep the package and is already hard at work making another replica parcel for the original buyer. As a result, UChicago has decided to display the prop's contents at the Oriental Institute.

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